Exploring the Virtuality Continuum Frontiers: Multisensory and Magical Experiences in Interactive Art

Nefeli Georgakopoulou, Dionysios Zamplaras, Sofia Kourkoulakou, Chu-Yin Chen, François Garnier

2019

Abstract

This article is an effort to approach certain aspects of the evolution of user interface design, as well as the design and aesthetics of interactive works of art. Interactive works attempt to connect the viewer with the work and invite him to deploy his senses and his body. But many researchers and artists are concerned by the fact that interface technologies tend to put us out of touch with ourselves, so they try to create interactions that take place in our periphery, drawing our attention rather than demanding it. Taking as a starting point the sense of touch, whose importance has been widely analysed in philosophy, phenomenology and aesthetics, we describe the modalities of active touch and active sensing. We then propose that with the use of physical materials and tangible interfaces in interactive artworks we can achieve more magical experiences that engage us in a multi sensorial way. As an example we are describing the concepts around the mixed reality installation VitRails.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Georgakopoulou N., Zamplaras D., Kourkoulakou S., Chen C. and Garnier F. (2019). Exploring the Virtuality Continuum Frontiers: Multisensory and Magical Experiences in Interactive Art. In Proceedings of the 14th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2019) - Volume 2: HUCAPP; ISBN 978-989-758-354-4, SciTePress, pages 175-182. DOI: 10.5220/0007573901750182

in Bibtex Style

@conference{hucapp19,
author={Nefeli Georgakopoulou and Dionysios Zamplaras and Sofia Kourkoulakou and Chu-Yin Chen and François Garnier},
title={Exploring the Virtuality Continuum Frontiers: Multisensory and Magical Experiences in Interactive Art},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 14th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2019) - Volume 2: HUCAPP},
year={2019},
pages={175-182},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007573901750182},
isbn={978-989-758-354-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 14th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2019) - Volume 2: HUCAPP
TI - Exploring the Virtuality Continuum Frontiers: Multisensory and Magical Experiences in Interactive Art
SN - 978-989-758-354-4
AU - Georgakopoulou N.
AU - Zamplaras D.
AU - Kourkoulakou S.
AU - Chen C.
AU - Garnier F.
PY - 2019
SP - 175
EP - 182
DO - 10.5220/0007573901750182
PB - SciTePress